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Chapter 1222 The Queen Who Lost Power

The tropical rainforest is hot and humid, but the air is filled with a pungent smell of blood.

A decisive battle that would be earth-shattering in the eyes of Aceh came to an abrupt end. Tens of thousands of indigenous troops were easily defeated by the cunning attack, and they fled into the dense jungle.

No.12 Corps and warrior mercenaries stopped pursuing after the indigenous troops in Aceh were disintegrated.

They were not at all interested in the obsolete goods of the Ottoman Empire equipped by the army of Aceh. They just transported these firearms back to their homeland for recasting, and the cost was higher than the value of the iron obtained from remelting.

"Bury these corpses on the spot. The weather here is hot. If you don't deal with it as soon as possible, it may cause a plague." Huang Degong ordered the soldiers to clean up the battlefield. Compared with the worthless spoils, he was more concerned that the corpses might cause plague.

"It's easier than we imagined. We didn't expect the battle to end so soon." Many soldiers went to the river to wash the blood stains on their bodies after the battle. The pungent smell of blood made them feel uncomfortable.

"To prevent the enemy from making a comeback, return to the bastion as soon as possible!" Although Huang Degong knew that it would take a long time for Aceh's army to reorganize after its collapse, in order to avoid any military genius appearing in the opponent's army, he still did his best to turn the tide. Well plan for the worst.

After burying the dead, the soldiers who were cleaning the battlefield outside withdrew to the bastion, and only a dozen sentinels wandered outside.

"Your Excellency, let's see who I have captured!" Tachibana Tadamo brought a special prisoner to see Huang Degong.

This is a veiled woman, only a slender figure and a pair of beautiful eyes can be seen.

"Is this... is it Queen Alan that the local people in Aceh say?" Huang Degong saw that the ornaments on her body were expensive, and immediately thought of Queen Alan who succeeded the king of Aceh.

There was a trace of unyielding in the Queen's eyes, and she spoke to the officer who invaded their land in words that neither Huang Degong nor Tachibana Tadamo could understand.

"What is she talking about... Where are the Portuguese?" Huang Degong couldn't understand the local dialect of Sumatra at all, so he had to send someone to find the Portuguese.

"She asked my lord why you didn't keep your promise of a fair decisive battle, and launched a sudden attack when their warriors were retreating. She also cursed a bunch of ugly words, so I won't convey them to you, my lord." The Portuguese said respectfully Said to Huang Degong.

"China's art of war, soldiers are not tired of deceit, if you achieve the goal of war with the least sacrifice, you are the winner." Huang Degong said of course.

This time, the tens of thousands of Aceh troops were defeated, probably hundreds of people were killed and wounded, while the loss of our own side was only a few people.

The most serious problem with Aceh's makeshift indigenous army is morale. Once some troops collapse, the entire army will collapse.

The queen of Aceh seemed very angry when she heard what the Portuguese told her, and her tone became sharper, as if anger was about to burst out of her eyes.

"My lord, she..."

"You don't need to explain, I know she must have scolded something ugly again, but it doesn't matter. You ask her if she is willing to serve us. If she can recruit the army of Aceh to serve us, maybe I can treat her with respect. Be gentle, otherwise I might do something excessive." Huang Degong said.

The Portuguese relayed his words to the Queen of Aceh.

Queen Alan took two steps back nervously, stretched out her hand to cover her chest, and seemed to say something again.

"She said if we tried to rape her, she would die," said the Portuguese.

"No one wants to invade her... Let her lead the people of Aceh to submit to our rule, allocate a part of the land to us, and not harass all the facilities we build on this land." Huang Degong said.

Queen Alan breathed a sigh of relief after hearing what the Portuguese had said, and then let go of her hands covering her chest.

She thought for a while, shook her head, and said a lot of words.

"After the current king of Aceh was executed by us, she was pushed to the throne by the twelve nobles of the Aceh Kingdom. That is to say, she has no real power in the kingdom and has been emptied by the twelve nobles. She lacks power It is impossible for her to make the nobles submit. And her husband was executed by us, she would like to kill you, my lord." The Portuguese conveyed it on his behalf.

Huang Degong frowned slightly. Originally, he thought that the queen of Aceh would succeed the king and fight against them. As long as the queen was captured alive, he might be able to support a puppet regime in Sumatra.But now it seems that the power of Aceh has fallen into the hands of big nobles from all over the country, and the situation has become more complicated.

"It's hard to say whether it's a good thing or a bad thing... Without the king to rule the native kingdom, and we captured the queen, they can no longer organize such a large army to attack us. I think the twelve nobles will soon be They will attack and check and balance each other because of the loss of the king's power, and maybe someone will even sell us the territory to get our help. As for the disadvantage, the situation here may be more complicated, and we need to spend a lot of energy to balance the nobles everywhere."

"Our mission to land on Sumatra has been completed. We conquered Medan, found oil fields, and taught Aceh a lesson. In addition to leaving 300 people to continue to build the bastion and refinery, the 100-person team and drilling team Other than mining the oil fields, other people return to Malacca City. The materials for the construction of the refinery and the pipeline will be transported from the city of Malacca. Freezing three feet does not happen in a day, and the construction of the refinery and the pipeline as long as 2000 miles is a protracted task. Things, our [-] people staying here will consume a lot of food and grass, and we can't bear it at all."

Huang Degong and a group of military officers inferred the current situation and believed that the leaderless Aceh State was unable to organize a second attack.Even if the opponent organizes a second offensive, the bastion on the coast and the fortress in the oil field have all been built, and they will no longer be afraid of the attack of the native kingdom.

"Sir, what should I do with this woman?" An officer asked Huang Degong about Queen Alan who was left out in the cold.

"Since the power of Aceh has been seized by the great nobles, it is useless to keep this person..." Huang Degong was not a good person, and the king of Aceh who was captured would be killed as soon as he said it, without any hesitation at all.

Because it doesn't make much sense to hand over the captured king to the military. There are many Nanyang kingdoms, and there are countless princes and nobles captured.

"Then we will execute her publicly and let the nobles of Aceh compete for power, and we will use their contradictions to rule." Some middle and lower-level officers nodded.

(End of this chapter)